Saturday, June 8, 2013

New York New York - 2013 Belmont






Well it was 3 separate winners in each leg of the Triple Crown as Palace Malice wins the Belmont with Preakness and Derby winners Oxbow and Orb finishing 2nd and 3rd. All 3 are descendants of Northern Dancer. Palace Malice is the son of Curlin who is a great great grandson of our Dancer through Canadian Hall of Famers - Vice Regent and Deputy Minister.

1) Palace Malice - great great great grandson x2
2) Oxbow - great great grandson x3
3) Orb - great great great grandson

images from AP and Getty

video of race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnjISHkiHqs

2013 British Triple Crown - Epsom Derby









Ruler of the World wins the second leg of the British Triple Crown - the Epsom Derby. It was the fourth Derby win for trainer Aidan O'Brien and second for jockey Ryan Moore. It was a very rough trip for Guineas winner Dawn Approach but like Dawn Approach, Ruler of the World is a descendant of Northern Dancer's grandson Galileo in fact the top 3 finishers in the Derby were all descendants of the Dancer through Galileo. A brief power outage did slow her Majesty down a bit.

1) Ruler of the World (IRE) - great grandson x2
2) Libertarian (GB) - great great grandson x2
3) Galileo Rock (IRE) - great grandson x2


images from Getty

video of race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VNB-2VJFY

2013 British Triple Crown - 2000 Guineas






I had better get these 2 posts done before today's Belmont Stakes. Thanks for the nudge Ian. It was a 1-2-3 finish for descendants of Northern Dancer in the first leg of this year's Triple Crown - the 2000 Guineas. It was undefeated Dawn Approach winning for Godolphin and trainer Jim Bolger. He is a grandson of the Dancer's grandson Galileo through Sadlers Wells.

1) Dawn Approach (IRE)- great great grandson
2) Glory Awaits (IRE) - great great grandson x3
3) Van Der Neer (GB) - great great grandson x3

images from Getty

video of race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju8n703ZJ8w